Are you folks "tired of being tired"?

[hornrush]

I am a long-time family member of Longhorn nation with my family roots going all the way back to the 40's. Old enough to know where the moniker and chant "pooooor okies" came from (and no, it didn't start with Ags), was sung to sleep with the Eyes of Texas and woken with Texas Fight. My dad knew DKR and worked for LBJ and I've long known what those certain Board of Regent members (now dead and burning in hell hopefully) did to coach Royal and to the program that sent us to wander in the wilderness. I am also grateful to Mack Brown for bringing the program back to prominence and he deserves a statue for that alone.

But right now, I'm just plain tired.

I'm tired of watching our Longhorn football team settle...settle for mediocrity. Urban Meyer, Bob Stoops, Nick Saban, Lovie Smith, Pete Carroll, Jimbo Fisher and Jim Harbaugh can turn programs around in 1, 2 and 3 years time and we, in our 4th of a rebuild, are told that "we're close" and then having to settle for this.

I'm tired of being lied to about our team and our recruiting.

I'm tired of being told I'm a bad fan for wanting change and expecting to win championships.

I'm tired of hearing that Mack Brown had X-amount of seasons with at least 10 wins when the only numbers I care about are two. TWO conference championships in his 30+ year career.

I'm tired of playing second fiddle to okies. For the longest time it was Stoops and the land okies and now it's Gundy and the sand okies.

I'm tired of NOT having a defense we can be proud of. Once in the last 16 years we have had a top 10 defense. This used to be the norm at UT folks.

I'm tired of NOT having a QB who can come off the bench and lead his team to wins. Duke Carlisle taking over for Tommy Wade. James Street taking over for Bill Bradley. Rick McIvor taking over for Mark McBath and Ted Constanzo. Robert Brewer taking over for McIvor. Peter Gardere taking over for Matt Murdock, Major Applewhite for Richard Walton and Vince Young for Chance Mock.

Noodle-arm for Ash?

I'm tired of our OLine getting pushed around and then celebrated over by EVERYONE. After 4 years, you'd think that wouldn't happen.

I'm tired of our basketball team sucking.

I'm tired of our baseball team sucking.

I'm tired of losing.

I'm tired of hearing that it will change and it doesn't.

I'm tired of being told to have patience. We've been waiting long enough!

I'm tired of being able to watch Syracuse, Boston College, Ohio State, Florida, Alabama, LSU, USC, Oregon, Nebraska and on and on. . . each and every DAMN week but I can only see my Longhorns perhaps 5-6 times a year because of that stinking Longhorn Network.

I'm tired of being told that it's not Dodds or ESPNs fault when it clearly is.

I'm tired of being able to see my Longhorns almost each and every week BEFORE that damn LHN and now I can't even listen to a radio broadcast of the game without spending money.

And most of all. I'm tired of feeling this bad about my team and my school. MY TEXAS LONGHORNS! DAMMIT!

Don't ever let anyone, here or on any other board, forum and bar tell any of you that championships don't matter. Championships do matter and it's about time we started to believe that again.

It's time to fix this and fix it now. Everyone knows what needs to be done. Fish or cut bait, shit or get off the pot but it's time.

I don't want to EVER AGAIN feel this bad. . . this tired about my Longhorns.

How about you?

Hook'em!

 

[SanTexHorn]

Amen brother!!! 100% correct on everything you said.

 

[joeywa]

Preach on!

 

[Center1]

I'm with you

 

[Coach840]

Post of the year!!! Well done sir!!

 

[The Tower]

same here.

 

[Big Tex]

That was great hornrush. I agree with every point except the one about Mack Brown deserving a statue. Only thing he deserves is to be fired. He needs to pay off Vince's debts. He's inept as it gets as a coach. I too am so worn out about the constant underachieving in our athletic department. Only baseball has been consistent except lately when we somehow finished in last place. Texas Baseball is the only mens sport that I have hope for this year however. It's just incredible how this university badly underachieves in sports. DeLoss Dodds has created an entitled country club with no results. Constant mediocrity. People get on the Texas fans all the time but many of us are just worn out like you are. Our energy has been sapped by a head coach that simply isn't a coach. We should be doing what Bama has been doing. No, nobody can expect ridiculous results like they have been getting but conference titles should come atleast 30-40 percent of the time. God I can't wait til I don't have to hear or see Mack Brown.

 

[Lord Vader]

Are you folks "tired of being tired"? - Horn Sports – Texas Longhorns football, basketball and baseball

You made the main page, Twitter, and Facebook with that one hornrush.

 

[Bonefish]

 

[Setxhorn]

Outstanding post. I left the game yesterday thinking, I not sure I have the energy for this anymore.

 

[texasdobbs]

Very well stated

 

[bbdude]

 

[GetHooked]

I used to be tired. Now I'm just numb.

 

[Hoekem]

I have experienced something the past few years that I thought I would never experience when it came to our Longhorns...Ambivalence.

I feel awful and one man has allowed three others to bestow these feelings...DeLoss Dodds.

Thank God he is gone and I can't wait for the other 3 to follow suit. I NEVER want to feel this way EVER again.

Thanks OP was stating what many of us feel, you have provided a great service to this board!!!

 

[radan23]

Great post hornrush

 

[ATX89]

Hornrush nailed it. Truly a sad state of affairs for the moeny we make and the resources we have at our disposal.

 

[olebraach]

I have experienced something the past few years that I thought I would never experience when it came to our Longhorns...Ambivalence.
I feel awful and one man has allowed three others to bestow these feelings...DeLoss Dodds.

Thank God he is gone and I can't wait for the other 3 to follow suit. I NEVER want to feel this way EVER again.

Thanks OP was stating what many of us feel, you have provided a great service to this board!!!

I would take it one step further. The problem can be layed at Power's feet. He is DeLoss' boss. He allowed DeLoss

to openly state that he was not going to make any changes. The entitlement problem starts at the top. Power's did

not hold DeLoss responsible, and DeLoss did not hold the coaches accountable, and the coaches don't hold the players

responsible.

 

[Hornitos]

I'm more tired of being pissed off.

 

[c.c.rider]

i'm tired of everybody ignoring marvelous marv kristynik's contributions

what a qb.....what an arm...what a mind